Tag Archives: Kathleen Sebelius
Pro-Life Leaders Blast Revised Version of Abortion Drug Edict
Pro-life and religious leaders are sharply criticizing the Obama Administration’s revised contraceptive and abortion drug mandate, saying that it still requires religious employers to finance abortifacient drugs in their health insurance plans.
“With another phony compromise, the Obama Administration continues to insult the intelligence of the American people and trample our constitutional rights,” reacted Charmaine Yoest, President of Americans United for Life. “Our First Amendment freedom of conscience has been violated by Obamacare and these new regulations do not resolve the offense.”
Under the “compromise” plan proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, only organized churches, …
Hobby Lobby Fights the HHS Mandate for Religious Freedom
The retail craft store chain Hobby Lobby has become the latest major employer to file suit over the Obama Administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) contraceptive and abortion drug mandate — also known as the HHS Mandate. Hobby Lobby has gone into federal court to oppose the forced inclusion of abortifacient drugs in their corporate health insurance plans.
Under the mandate issued by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, virtually all health insurance policies issued in the United States must include coverage of any and all “contraceptives” approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This mandate requires …
Wheaton College Suing Over Abortifacient Mandate
Wheaton College President Philip Ryken sent a letter to alumni today to share that the Wheaton College Board of Trustees has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandate which “requires the insurance plans of religious institutions (except churches) to cover all government-approved contraceptives,” including abortifacients, or pay significant fines.
Wheaton College is joining the Catholic University of America in this lawsuit because of its concern for both the sanctity of life and religious liberty.
President Ryken has also written a letter to the Daily Herald in which he recounts the unresponsiveness of Secretary …
